


We looked at each other and were like, 'OK, the head man is asking us to step up - we have to.'" Coming into halftime, he made his message felt. He was disappointed at the fact that we let them hang around after a great first quarter. "It was one of those things where you don't see him get riled up too much. "Coach Klieman gave us a pretty strong message at halftime," Vaughn said. That's how we're taking it right now."Īlthough K-State continued its roll while defeating Texas Tech, 3-2 and 1-1, for the 11 th time in 12 meetings, it didn't come without a few bumps - and a lively halftime speech from Klieman, who was displeased that his team led just 13-10 at halftime after numerous opportunities to widen the margin. "That's the mentality you have to have every time you step on the football field, especially with what Coach Klieman said, it's 12 one-week seasons, and you have to feel like you're going to win that game each week. We have a good team and we're ready to show people."Īfterward, Vaughn indicated that the Wildcats carry Big 12 Championship aspirations. Everybody is still doubting us, they're doubting us, and they're going to continue to doubt us. "We proved that we're one of the best teams in the Big 12," Beebe said. K-State senior left guard Cooper Beebe hopes the rest of the nation is taking note of the Wildcats. We proved it today and we have to prove it again."


We still have a lot to improve on, but we're a darned good football team. "I feel like we're a complete team," Martinez said, "and we still haven't played our best 60 minutes. The Wildcats have yet to trail in a Big 12 game this season. He rushed 57 yards on the first play from scrimmage and then rushed 18 more into the end zone just 40 seconds into the contest. K-State, 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big 12 Conference, has won four of its first five games for the third time in four years under head coach Chris Klieman, as the Wildcats avoided a letdown from its signature 41-34 victory at No. Martinez rushed for a career-high 171 yards and three touchdowns, and Vaughn added a career-high 170 rushing yards, as the Wildcats scored 17 unanswered points to outlast Texas Tech 37-28 in front of 50,782 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats did so emphatically while the star quarterback and running back Deuce Vaughn continue to prove themselves as one of the top tandems in the Big 12 Conference. 25 Kansas State had to prove its national ranking. Adrian Martinez earlier in the week said that No.
